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Alex Aris

@headingtonbard.bsky.social

Likes Retro Computers, Commodore 64, Designing Games, LEGO, Music, and writes Poetry sometimes. Hypothyroidism suffer! #gamedev #projects and #code https://www.alexarisgames.com game project #videos https://www.youtube.com/@AlexAris

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Donate to Help Mark Fixes Stuff build a "Forever" Studio Workshop..., organized by Mark Payne Hello, my name is Mark and I run the YouTube channel Mark Fixes โ€ฆ Mark Payne needs your support for Help Mark Fixes Stuff build a "Forever" Studio Workshop...

A big step forward: flooring, electrics and the workshop is coming together. Weโ€™ve had amazing support getting this far, but YouTube has barely shown it to ANYONE ๐Ÿ˜ญ

If you like retro gaming, DIY, or just want to see if the lights DO come on - plz watch, like, and share.

๐ŸŽฅ Vid: youtu.be/4lIzp8g29q8

23.11.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"The 8-Bit Guy" over on YouTube looks to be working on a new #homebrew project for the #VIC20.
This one will be a falling-block puzzle-type game

"Quarx"

Check the full video here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C3W...

#gaming #retro #C64 #retrogaming #retrogames #gamedev #indie #retrodev

23.11.2025 20:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Our lovely Subscribers & Readers are starting to show their appreciation for the new issue of FREEZE64 no.80.
Thank you ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ™โค๏ธ
Grab yourself a copy from:
freeze64.com/freeze64-iss...
#Commodore64 #C64 #RetroGaming #GameDev

22.11.2025 17:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Just in... ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ“–@freeze64.bsky.social #commodore #c64 #fanzine

22.11.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Portal Buster by Dr. Mortal Wombat. If you fancy a challenge, this will do nicely! #Commodore64 #C64

22.11.2025 14:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
#That-Retro-Chart-Show Dec-1987
YouTube video by Daph Blake #That-Retro-Chart-Show Dec-1987

The last one for 1987 and then things change for our little 8 bit friends as the newer super swish computers arrive in the charts โ€ฆbring on 1988 (which if im being honest is a nightmare to compile lol )
youtube.com/watch?v=EJnX...

21.11.2025 08:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
an alien looking orange kitten with a googly eye placed in between his eyes on his forehead

an alien looking orange kitten with a googly eye placed in between his eyes on his forehead

he sees all

21.11.2025 13:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1932    ๐Ÿ” 365    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
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Want to make a cover shooter in GameMaker?
Weโ€™ve put together Cover Assault, a new template so you can get to grips with the style.
Check out the process involved in development on our blog

๐Ÿ”— gamemaker.io/en/blog/cove...

21.11.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 36    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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Way back when ๐Ÿ˜€๐Ÿ•น๐Ÿ‘ Top tunage from Rob Hubbard ๐ŸŽต๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘ #ThrowbackThursday #C64Reposts #commodore #c64 #commodore64 #RETROGAMING #commodore #GamersUnite

20.11.2025 18:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey! It is out now for all to play! itch.io/jam/dosember... โ€” please also check out the other DOStember Game Jam entries :)

20.11.2025 19:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 144    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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# BUY NOW! FREEZE64 ISSUE 80 #
Features our fab GHETTOBLASTER retrospective, along with a very revealing interview with one of its developers, Mark Harrison.
Plus - Julian Rignall, Chris Stanley, Warren Pilkington and a whole-host of #Commodore64 #C64 content to devour.
freeze64.com/freeze64-iss...

20.11.2025 12:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If I've got enough ooomph left in me when I finish work, I'll record something for the youtubes tonight. But what system?

#VIC20 #C64 #ZXSpectrum #BBCMicro #Amiga #Atari2600 #Atari7800 all setup ready to go..

Speak you mind words in the replies below.

20.11.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Perifractic has passed a message on to the customer service team. It looks like my order was placed before I made an account, so this maybe the reason for not being able to see the order and not receiving any progress updates. Fingers crossed a progress update will arrive soon! ๐Ÿ˜Š

20.11.2025 11:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Working on a mini game for Escape from 8-Bit High: OFFENDER. Hank will be able to play on his Pomodore 64!
#retro #pixelart #Commodore64 #indiegame

19.11.2025 20:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#C64 #commodore #commodoreC64

19.11.2025 22:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Glad your status has updated. My order isn't even registering on my account and has been like that for over two months. I've sent another message to see what's going on! ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

20.11.2025 06:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Psytronik Software collection 1-11 on cassette . Available from Psytronik.net #c64

18.11.2025 17:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Bought! ๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘Will mostly use for #gamedev projects with all credit given when used. ๐Ÿ˜Ž

18.11.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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There is a storm in Cloudflare... itch.io is broken and other websites apparently! โ›ˆ๏ธ#cloudflare

18.11.2025 13:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Cloudflare London error

Cloudflare London error

Anyone seeing a Cloudflare outage atm?

18.11.2025 11:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 674    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 117    ๐Ÿ“Œ 47
Previews of a bunch of fonts from the All Fonts Pack in a wide variety of styles

Previews of a bunch of fonts from the All Fonts Pack in a wide variety of styles

Previews of a bunch of fonts from the All Fonts Pack in a wide variety of styles

Previews of a bunch of fonts from the All Fonts Pack in a wide variety of styles

Previews of a bunch of fonts from the All Fonts Pack in a wide variety of styles

Previews of a bunch of fonts from the All Fonts Pack in a wide variety of styles

Previews of a bunch of fonts from the All Fonts Pack in a wide variety of styles

Previews of a bunch of fonts from the All Fonts Pack in a wide variety of styles

Our All Fonts Pack is on sale again for 30 days! All 1200+ fonts we've ever made, commercial use, one low price. Pay once and use the fonts forever for game dev, TTRPGs, web comics, videos, streams, merchandise, whatever! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #gamedev #fonts

17.11.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1094    ๐Ÿ” 646    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 23    ๐Ÿ“Œ 36
Roojliek Gameplay (no commentary)
Just a round of my brand new ASCII based ZX Spectrum roguelike. Not a bad run, although I got a bit cocky at the end - thought I could make it past the zombies onto the next room. Download here https://jimblimey.itch.io/roojliek Or play from your browser (no touch support) https://www.jimblimey.co Roojliek Gameplay (no commentary)

Uploaded a little playthrough of my new #ZXSpectrum game to YouTube, would have got further if I didn't get cocky ๐Ÿ˜†

17.11.2025 20:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How about an Oric 48?

17.11.2025 19:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The first batch of Subscriber copies of FREEZE64 issue 80 has been posted out. The lucky recipients have been sent a dispatch email. More copies being packed and sent over the next few days ๐Ÿ˜Š
freeze64.com/freeze64-iss...
#Commodore64 #C64

17.11.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
BBC B:Bandit, Asteroid Storm, Wizzys Mansion, Nutter, Cruncher, Parachute, Scramble & Mutant Spiders
YouTube video by Rod Hull BBC B:Bandit, Asteroid Storm, Wizzys Mansion, Nutter, Cruncher, Parachute, Scramble & Mutant Spiders

8 Random BBC Micro Games: Bandit, Asteroid Storm, Wizzys Mansion, Nutter, Cruncher, Parachute, Scramble & Mutant Spiders
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TwE...
#Acorn #BBCMicro #RetroComputers #RetroGaming #8bit

16.11.2025 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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17.11.2025 08:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Winter Sale - 90% off All Fonts Pack Weโ€™re beginning a whole season of winter sales with 90% off our All Fonts Pack ! Every commercial font weโ€™ve ever made until now is all zipped up in one font pack. There are 1200 fonts in total, i...

Our All Fonts Pack is now back on sale as part of a series of winter discounts we're planning! Get all 1200+ of our commercial use fonts for 90% off :) if you already have it, please like + share this devlog to spread the news! ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pa... #gamedev #fonts

15.11.2025 10:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

A little Saturday morning boost for this, if you havent already done so please do give it a go.

As for tonight's stream, I'm thinking a nice #ZXSpectrum lucky dip!

15.11.2025 08:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Loading screen for Roojliek, a new roguelike for the ZX Spectrum.

Loading screen for Roojliek, a new roguelike for the ZX Spectrum.

Happy Friday everyone! Fancy a brand new #ZXSpectrum game to get your teeth into this weekend?

Well let me help you out: welcome to Castle Rooj!

Roojliek is a classic ASCII rogue-like for the 48K ZX Spectrum, can you survive long enough to escape?

jimblimey.itch.io/roojliek

14.11.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 51    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Indie Retro News: Sherwood (C64 Collectorโ€™s Edition) โ€“ Another fantastic C64 game is coming from MUSKETEER creators 'Griffonsoft' www.indieretronews.com/2025/11/sher... #retrogaming #gaming #c64 #gamersunite

11.11.2025 15:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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